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Garmin Pilot Adds Profile View to iPhone
By: Matt Thurber
Caption: The latest version of the Garmin Pilot iOS app includes new charts for France, a profile view for the iPhone and personal weather settings.
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The latest version of the Garmin Pilot app is now live in the Apple App Store, and new features include iPhone display of the flight profile view that was recently introduced on the iPad. The profile view also shows ADS-B IN traffic when paired with the new GTX 345 ADS-B IN transponder, Flight Stream 210 or the GDL 39 3D ADS-B IN receiver, as well as terrain, obstacles, special-use airspace, TFRs, and Metars. The synthetic vision page on the iPhone or split-screen panel page on the iPad also displays attitude information when connected to those devices.

For European pilots, the app now enables VFR flight plan filing in Europe directly with each country’s Aeronautical Information Service. European pilots can also overlay Metars, TAFs, Airmets, Sigmets, Notams and winds aloft throughout Europe on the moving map, within the airport information page and as a widget in split-screen mode on an iPad. A new feature is the addition of VFR chart coverage in France, and Garmin Pilot now offers access to more than 50 geo-referenced VFR and IFR charts in Europe.

Each pilot profile in Garmin Pilot can now be set with customized personal VFR and IFR weather minimums, with settings for cloud ceiling, minimum visibility and maximum crosswind components for both day and night operations. Garmin Pilot notifies the pilot during flight planning if any of these parameters will be exceeded. Pilots can also view preferred runways based on current headwind or crosswind components at departure and destination airports.

Garmin’s new aera 660 portable navigator connects via Bluetooth to Garmin Pilot, and the two devices can share flight plans. Garmin Pilot Version 8.2 is free for existing customers and starts at $74.99 per year in the U.S., plus $74.99 for the IFR add-on and $149.99 per year for global navigation and weather plus additional fees for VFR and IFR coverage for individual countries or regions in Europe.